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Secondary Education at Western Connecticut State University

Secondary Education at Western Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying secondary education, you may want to check out the program at Western Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

WestConn Secondary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

WestConn Secondary Education Rankings

The secondary teaching major at WestConn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at WestConn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at Western Connecticut State University.

WestConn Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of secondary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching at WestConn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers 15,410 $76,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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